Honey Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. honey
• £ lb. butter
• 1 lb. flour
• A pinch of salt
• £ lb. ground almonds
• A pinch of ground cloves
• Grated rind of £ lemon
• £ oz. carbonate of soda

Method

1. 1

   Sieve the flour, salt, carbonate of soda, and ground cloves into a basin, add the almonds and grated lemon rind, and make a well in the centre.

2. 2

   Melt the butter and honey in a lined saucepan, and pour them into the centre of the dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Mix together until thoroughly blended, then cover and allow to stand overnight.

4. 4

   Next day, sprinkle with flour, roll out to 0.5 inch thickness, cut into pieces, place on a greased tin, brush with beaten egg white, and sprinkle with chopped almonds.

5. 5

   Bake until firm and pale brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 906. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Honey Cakes 1 lb. honey. £ lb. butter. 1 lb. flour. A pinch of salt. £ lb. ground almonds. • A pinch of ground cloves Grated rind of £ lemon. £ oz. carbonate of soda

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